Here are the details that are aggregated on my blog.
Here are some points I took during Dave Duarte's presentation on giving better presentations:
Use a simple structure
Know your stuff
Be yourself
Structure your content
Present with style
What makes you as a presenter stand out?
Put yourself out there in free forums e.g. barcamps
The audience don't care about you, they care about your message
Know the room, walk around it to see how the audience perceives you
Make eye contact
Be sincere, not flashy
Structure your content, tell stories, use emotion
Name,explain and give examples of concepts
Be quotable
Use props if possible
Get someone else to demo something so that you can explain while the demo proceeds
Use humour
I also started thinking about using software development methodologies as a framework to guide the projects that I'm involved with. I think that a structured approach would serve me better than the ad hoc approach I use now, and the concepts I came across at Geekretreat seem like they could be modified to suit my needs.
geekretreat_2010.txt · Last modified: 2010/01/18 21:56 by Michael Rowe